A lean agreement is better than a fat lawsuit.

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• A bad agreement is better than a good lawsuit.
  Italian...
• An ill agreement is better than a good
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• Better ask twice than go wrong once. --
  German...
• There is no bad beer: some kinds are better than others.
  German...
• Fat heads,
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• To change and change for the better are two different things.
  German...
• Sleep is better than
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• Better be quarreling than lonesome.
  Irish...
• Better to bend than break
  Scotts...